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ISTE keynote- Dr. John Medina Brain Rules:12 Principals for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, School

Need a data base and an opportunity to improvise off of it.

Find the gaps. If gaps exist, lack of full understanding suffers. A great teacher can identify the gaps.

Theory of mind Being able to read and dive into someones mind

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Boosting staff moral Zamzar.com. Click on URL   Will convert files Google forms Cooliris Projectamigo Photo story. Telling the story, sets the tone Animoto Teachers want to learn from each other. Enough of college ball, we need to step into the NBA. Thank you for making me a player on the team

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Problem solving Creativity Think analytically Collaborate Communicate Ethics, action, accountability

The state standards, the problem- Need to make the shift to a 21st century learning environment

There has to be interest before learning takes place. Let the students put their hand in the aquarium If there is not relevance to the students, learning does not happen Short term vs long term Educational bulimia. -- shove the facts, forget it the next week

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Kids need to be engaged and doing things constantly Need to compete and collaborate.

Book - Diffendoofer School What gets measured gets done, what is not measured goes by the wayside

Stephan Covey - 7 habits of highly effective people

Leadership is a choice, not a position

Strong Skill set, tool set, mindsets Who we are is made up of many mindsets

The leader in Me - book Live life in crescendo Technology is a means, not an end Technology is meant to bless, not impress

You are the creative force of your own life. Covey

2 things for young people Equip them with skill set and mind set

Why do we wait for people to become adults to teach them effective life principals?

Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.

I see every child as having gifts, and it is my job to foster, acknowledge and celebrate them.

Muriel Summers - Principal We only get one chance to prepare students for their life, what are we going to do with that opportunity?

If you don't have a strong foundation, you won't stand for long

Social edq.

Transformation begins with a change of heart, not a program

My goal is to do what is right when no one is watching

You have two choices,  you can make the right one or the wrong one

Empathy-21st Cent. Skill Assessment is left out when new tools are introduced. We risk students creating crappy stuff with very powerful tools. The dynamic content is most important

Root zone database - reference source Site:use 2letter country code

CEO of top bank in the world---The skill that top talent possess - empathy

We need more messy problems in schools

Ask teachers, is what your teaching relevant for a global world?

We need to teach kids global empathy early on

Grandparents work for free

Starting in kindergarden, we should turn every classroom into a global communication center.

Google maps - monument project. - invite kids from around the world to add

You tube- Eli pariser - filtered google bubbles

The more you google search, the narrower your global perspective gets Because of filtered searching and your own view of the world.

The role of a teacher is to teach kids to expand their  network

Lee Crocket- Solution Fluency

Education is great at ignoring its own research

The payoff is the doing -90% retention rate when kids do real world things When it is tied to the real world connection, kids get it.

Students using higher level thinking to create real world solutions to real world problems.

Scary movie example- we tell the kids before they discover things on their own.

Start with the curriculum Who outside education would encounter this? What is relevant or context for their life? How can this task be designed to require higher level thinking Can this task be modified to address curricular goals in this and/or other courses? How can digital tools be used to create a real world product that demonstrates their knowledge. What needs to be purposely withheld that the learner will have to discover?

It's the kids learning, not ours ---shift the responsibility from teacher to student inquire.

Where is the adventure in your teaching?

Cereal box example, using math. Create a marketing plan etc. to teach volume.